Forging identities: the experiences of probationary lecturers in the UK

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The contemporary academic: orientation towards research work and researcher identity of higher education lecturers in the health professions

“…This was a rejection of the socialisation process and of academic identity as a desirable objective. The emergent socialisation framework developed by Smith (2010) presents, with further development, a useful analytical tool for the current study.…”

“…Generic studies of academics may provide useful insight into identity building during induction (Trowler & Knight 2000;Smith 2010) but they may tend to underplay the significance of differences between subject disciplines. Subject disciplines develop differing 'knowledge regimes' that govern how knowledge is created and valued (Bleiklie & Byrkjeflot 2002).…”

“…The framework using resonance, dissonance and rejection (Smith 2010) benefits from modification to allow for different responses in the four areas of work of teaching, research, knowledge exchange and leadership. The study has identified an additional category of 'subverting research activity and researcher identity' within lecturers in the health professions.…”

“…In considering the development of identity by new academics Smith (2010) identifies an emergent typology of academic socialisation including 'resonant', 'dissonant' and 'rejection'. Smith defines resonant engagement with academic socialisation as largely untroubled and involving agency by academics including some level of challenge to neoliberal managerialist discourses within higher education.…”

“…In the second stage of analysis the response from each individual respondent was considered holistically, in order to classify the lecturers' reported experiences in relation to an amended version of the emergent typology of responses to academic socialisation developed by Smith (2010). The resonant, dissonant, rejection classes developed by Smith were considered in this study to apply to four areas of work and identity: research -researcher / teaching -teacher / knowledge exchange -consultant / leadership -leader.…”